Animal control services are provided by the Guelph Humane Society. Be sure that your pet is wearing a current dog or cat identification tag, which provides the Society with critical information to help return your pet home to you.

Cats

As of January 1, 2018, all cats in the city of Guelph are required to be licensed. There is an annual fee of $25 and $5 from the sale of each cat licence will go to a program that supports cat welfare. Note: Although wearing a tag is encouraged, if your cat is micro-chipped, he or she doesn’t need to wear a collar or identification tag.

Did you know? In 2015, 584 cats were brought in as strays to the Guelph Humane Society. Of those cats, only 77 were reclaimed by their owners—a reclaim rate of about 13 per cent.